Improvement in barrel-rollers



S. GM. HILL.l Improvement inv Barrel-Roller. N0. 127,236, r I PatentedMay 28,1872..

l' NTTED STATES sAMUEL e. HILL, 0E MUscATrNE, IovvA.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARREL-ROLLERS.

Speciiication forming part of Letters lPatent No. 127,236, dated May 28,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL G. HILL, of Muscatine, county of Muscatine,State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful improvements inmeans and mode of handling barrels, casks, or rolling suchcylindric-formed bodies to or from steamboats, ships, vessels,Warehouses, or any other place Where the same invention may be used.

Figure l is a top view of an appara-tus employed in carrying out myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side vienr of the same apparatus. Fig. 3 is asectional view, as cut through the dotted line from l to 3 in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all threeof the figures.

First, this improvement will enable barrels, casks, or othercylindricalformed bodies to be rotated or rolled with great facility andsafety on their outer perimeter with a variable and adjustable axis.Second, this improvement will effectually secure the heads or ends ofbarrels, casks, or such other like cylindricalformed bodies from fallingout or being looscned or detached, thus saving from waste or damage thecontents of such barrels, casks,

or other cylindrical-formed bodies while being rotated or rolled ontheir outer perimeter With and by the aid of a variable and adjustableaxis.

Having now stated the purposes for which this improvement is made, Iwill now describe its construction. The handle, tongue, or guide A issecurely attached to the cross-bar C C, on which the variable andadjustable arms B B work or slide. R is a flexible cord, chain, or leverattached to the adjustable arms B B at c e, Working over the fulcrums tt on the cross-bar (l G. At the extreme ends of the adjustable arms B Bare the pivots or journals nu, on which are attached the disks orspiders D D, which are something smaller in diameter than thebarreLheads, and are serrated or have openings on their outer edges,thus insuring their close contact against the head and chime of thebarrel or cask E attached to the journals (loosely) at n n, or at anyother convenient place, by means of a cord or rope to the cross-bar S S,which is .firmly attached to the safety-brake or block O, which isdragging behind the cask or barrel, to prevent the retrograde movementof the cask or barrel While ascending a hill or steep incline.

` I will now describe the method of working and using my improvement.For ordinary rolling of casks or barrels on plane surfaces, I will takethe apparatus as is shown in Fig. 1, divested of the safety-brake orblock o; then clasp the barrel or cask E on its outer ends or heads bypulling on the flexible cord, chain, or lever B,wl1ich will cause theadjustable arms B B to be drawn toward a common center, thus pressingthe variable disks or spiders D D against the outer ends or heads of thebarrel or cask E when a sufficient rigidity has been obtained. I thensecure the llexible cord, chain, or lever R to the pin or catch f onhandle A, and proceed to roll the barrels, casks, or othercylindricalformed bodies by applying power of any suitable kind to thehandle or tongue A, thus causing the barrel or cask to revolve on itsouter perimeter while the disks are clasping the outerends or heads ofthe casks or barrels, and the extreme circumference of the disks orspiders are brought in contact With the chime or inner perimeter of thecask or barrel, thus causing the caskor barrel to be rolled on its outerperimeter by and with the aid of a variable and adjustable axis, and atthe same time effectually preventing the heads or ends of the barrels orcasks from coming out or being loosened, thus preventing from Waste ordamage the contents of such casks or barrels While being rolled; andWhen the barrel or cask has been rolled to its place of destination,then the flexible chain on lever R is detached from the pin. or catch f,and the adjustable arms B B are distended by the expansion of thesprings J J, and the apparatus is thus detached from the barrel or cask;and the same operations can be repeated again and again.

Having stated the purposes for which this invention has been made, alsothe mode of constructing and operating the same so that others skilledin the art may construct and operate the same, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s i 1. The handle,tongue, or guide A secured to the crossbar G O, on or to which thevariable and adjustable arms B B work or slide to and from a commoncenter7 substantially or block O7 substantially as described, and for asand for the purposes hereinafter set forth, the purposes hereinbeforeset forth.

2. I claim the serrated disks or spidersD D SAMUEL G. HILL. withopenings on their outer circumference, for the purposes shown anddescribed. Witness:

3. I claim the constructing and operating of SAMUEL BROCK7 the apparatuswith or Without the safety-brake J As. B. MANTAGH.

